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28 God blessed the humans by saying to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it! Be masters over the fish in the ocean, the birds that fly, and every living thing that crawls on the earth!”

29 God also told them,[a] “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant that grows throughout[b] the earth, along with every tree that grows seed-bearing fruit. They will produce your food. 30 I have given all green plants as food for every wild animal[c] of the earth, every bird that flies, and to every living thing[d] that crawls on the earth.” And that is what happened.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 1:29 The Heb. lacks them
  2. Genesis 1:29 Lit. plant that is on the surface of
  3. Genesis 1:30 I.e., non-domesticated animals, as opposed to domesticated livestock
  4. Genesis 1:30 Lit. soul
  5. Genesis 1:30 Lit. And so it was